Taiwan's Executive Yuan announced measures to expand long-term care support, widening eligibility and the range of benefits together.

The long-term care system provides home visits, day care and the loan of assistive equipment to older people and people with disabilities who have difficulty moving. Co-payments and the volume of available services determine how effective it is in practice.

The measures are understood to lower the threshold for eligibility and to add support for family carers, while also addressing gaps in provision between regions.

Securing care workers is a precondition for expansion. Taiwan has relied substantially on foreign care workers, and questions of supply and working conditions have recurred.

On the fiscal side, wider eligibility means higher spending, so the source of funding is under discussion alongside, with the split between contributions and general revenue the central issue.

Details of the changes are to be communicated through local governments once the timing and application procedures are fixed.